# Senior CBT Therapist

**Company**: Mind in Bexley Ltd.
**Location**: Bexleyheath
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £47,000 to £48,296 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced and accredited CBT clinician to provide clinical leadership, supervision, and high-quality therapeutic interventions within our Talking Therapies service.

The postholder will deliver evidence-based CBT interventions for adults experiencing depression, anxiety disorders, and long-term health conditions, ensuring treatment is provided in line with NICE guidance and national Talking Therapies standards.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Deliver specialist and routine CBT in line with NICE guidance for adults with depression and anxiety disorders.

- Maintain an active clinical caseload while modelling best practice in sessional adherence, risk management, and outcome measurement.

- Conduct comprehensive assessments, formulations, and treatment plans.

- Provide clinical oversight on complex cases, including co-morbidity and risk-related presentations.

- Provide one-to-one and group supervision to Talking Therapies Team.

- Support in the allocation of clients and management of waiting lists for Step 3 modalities.

- Leadership & Service Development: Provide clinical leadership for Step 3 therapy pathways, participate in service-wide meetings, audits, and performance reviews.

- Clinical Supervision & Training: Deliver regular case supervision, skills supervision, and reflective practice for qualified and trainee High Intensity Therapists.

- Quality & Performance: Monitor clinical outcomes, recovery rates, and therapist performance using ROMs.

- Risk Management & Safeguarding: Provide senior-level input on risk assessments and crisis planning.

**Person Specification:**

- Postgraduate Diploma in CBT accredited by BABCP.

- Full BABCP accreditation (or eligible to apply).

- Evidence of CPD consistent with maintaining BABCP accreditation.

- Completion of a supervision course for CBT in line with NHS Talking Therapies supervision.

- Experience delivering CBT for a range of anxiety disorders and depression.

- Experience supervising or supporting CBT trainees or qualified therapists.

- Strong understanding of the Talking Therapies model, including Stepped care, performance and outcome frameworks.

- Advanced CBT skills and ability to manage complex clinical presentations.

- Skilled in delivering both individual and group CBT.

- Ability to provide high-quality supervision and feedback.

- Strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills.

**Benefits:**

- Salary: £47,000 to £48,296 a year

- Permanent, full-time position

**Additional Requirements:**

- Enhanced DBS clearance.

- Willingness to work flexible hours to meet service needs (e.g., early evening clinics).

- Available to work from our base in Bexleyheath, three days per week.

- Commitment to ongoing CPD and supervision requirements.

## Skills

### Required
- CBT
- NICE guidance
- Talking Therapies
- BABCP accreditation
- supervision
- leadership
- communication
- organisational skills

### Nice to have
- qualification in other high intensity modalities
- experience of working as a psychological wellbeing practitioner or counsellor
- further training in adapted CBT for long term health conditions

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